Now that Premier Danielle Smith has added a separation question to Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum ballot, how secure is her position as leader of the United Conservative Party?

Some separatist leaders are angry with Smith for the question she chose — so angry, they say they are organizing to oust her.

After insisting she is a federalist, while helping the separatist group Stay Free Alberta get a referendum through a successful citizen petition, the group’s leaders, Mitch Sylvestre and Jeffery Rath, feel Smith pulled a bait-and-switch by choosing a different question than the one they petitioned for.

Smith says she will remain premier whichever way the October vote goes since her government’s mandate runs until October 2027. How confident should she be?

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Rath and Sylvestre have floated forcing a leadership review to oust Smith, perhaps as early as August. Recruiting new........

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